On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:18:28PM +0100, Steve Wolter wrote:
> > > In contrast to the libhnj implementation, this one isn't broken.
> >
> > I think you should remove this line from the package description.
>
> Thank you for the feedback. I added this line to make sure that this
> package is found when an user searches for libhnj, which omitted cru-
> cial parameters in the hyphenation algorithm and thus can waste quite
> some time.
>
> Is there a good way to formulate this? Surely Conflicts: is too hard?
> Or just erase it and hope libhnj will get fixed some day?
Conflicts: should only be used if both libraries cannot be installed at
the same time, for example because they install binaries or libraries
with exactly the same filename.
There is no libhnj in sid anymore. There is libhyphen, which says it's a
modified version of libhnj based on the TeX algorithm. Have a look at
it, maybe it does the same as your libhyphenate. If not, maybe you can
merge your improvements with libhyphen.
If you do package libhyphenate and want to mention libhnj, just say in
the long description that it works similar as libhnj but has an improved
algorithm. Even though you think it sucks, the package description is
not the place to complain about other packages.
--
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>
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